İsmail Kıllıoğlu: "Nature of politics"

İsmail Kıllıoğlu: "Nature of politics"
Date: 9.12.2020 16:00

Milli Gazete columnist İsmail Kıllıoğlu writes on politics. Here is the full article.

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Politics, which should be understood as the authority and duty of managing people, society and the public, hence the inseparable character of the institution called the state, can be assumed to be a "nature", in other words, its nature. In this context, it is not possible to talk about a politics that emerged spontaneously in nature, but on the other hand, a superiority provided by power, talent and a skill arising from instinct can be mentioned. As can be understood, it is clear that thinking of this as politics cannot be something that logic will approve.
 
Thus, some thinkers in the history of thought argued that the phenomenon of politics can be derived from a principle that they assume that human nature and human nature are inherent in nature. Some of them made some statements that could be reached not directly, but indirectly or through interpretation. For example, when Sophist Tyrasimachus said "Justice is the right of the strong", he should have imagined that the determining principle of human, society and public or state administration should be grasped in the form of power or force. In the new age, Machiavelli seemed to express a similar view, as it tended to examine politics only in the context of "power", ie power, and human nature. However, we encounter different interpretations of his power analysis in later ages. Even today, evaluations are made that Machiavelli's views can be handled in different ways. On the other hand, it can be argued that the British philosopher Hobbes almost identified the phenomenon of politics with power, and separated the power from its context by carrying it to a mythos plane. In fact, the concepts and idioms he applies are the concepts of the Contrat Social theory of his age. For example State of Nature, Social Contract, Human Nature, Human Rights and Freedoms etc. are the concepts used by other thinkers and writers of the theory. However, his conclusion is completely different from that of Rousseau or Locke, for example, and is a totalitarian power, more precisely a state construct. For him, he defines the state as "Leviathan", which means a legendary being, a fairy tale giant and a concept derived from the Torah.
 
In fact, it would be appropriate to examine the phenomenon and concept of politics in the context of the meaning that it is or should be, both in terms of logic and the facts and variables to which the concept depends. In simple terms, politics includes all activities that should be carried out by taking into account the assets, goals and values ​​of people, society, public and state entities and institutions. In order to carry out all these activities, it is inevitable that the authorities, rights, duties, duties, responsibilities that are inherent or thought to be inherent in politics, and their connections with the areas they originate from and belong to, must be carefully determined and observed. For example, if you consider population-related transactions, traffic or title deed-related transactions, it will mean that you do not correctly classify the obligations such as authority, right, responsibility belonging to a domain.
 
Looking at the history of humanity, society, politics, in short, culture and civilization from a bird's eye view, when you reduce the “sovereignty”, which is the most prominent measure and principle in understanding the existence of the state, to power, which means a narrow meaning, inevitably, it is deep-rooted, you are destined to encounter insoluble problems. Therefore, it was concluded that the powers, powers, rights and responsibilities were distributed within the framework of their contexts and purposes in order to realize the inherent power of the human, society, public and state domination, their existence, survival, and their purposes. Reversing the laws of nature, the flow of the river, the waves of the sea, and the nature of man also means being unable to comprehend the will and consent of Allah.

YEREL HABERLER

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